How AI Agents Are Transforming Modern Marketing Strategy

How AI Agents Are Transforming Modern Marketing Strategy

From This Week in Business by The Wharton School

May 1, 2026 · 15 min

About this episode

Stefano Puntoni discusses the impact of AI-driven agents on marketing and consumer behavior.

Stefano Puntoni, Wharton Marketing Professor and co-director of the Wharton Human-AI Research Program, discusses how AI-driven search, discovery, and autonomous agents are transforming marketing, consumer behavior, and the balance between human and machine decision-making. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: The Wharton School

Guest: Stefano Puntoni

Topics covered

  • AI in marketing
  • consumer behavior
  • decision-making
  • autonomous agents
  • marketing strategy

Keywords

  • AI
  • marketing strategy
  • consumer behavior
  • autonomous agents
  • decision-making

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Organizations: Wharton School, Wharton Human-AI Research Program, Acast

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